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Thought For the Day: I Distrust Those People Who Know So Well What God Wants Them To Do Because I Notice It Always Coincides With Their Own Desires

“I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.” – Susan B Anthony, reformer and suffragist (1820-1906)

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Thought For the Day: We Love Those Who Know the Worst of Us and Don’t Turn Their Faces Away

“We love those who know the worst of us and don’t turn their faces away.” – Walker Percy, author (28 May 1916-1990)

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On the Wrong Side of the Tracks

On the Wrong Side of the Tracksby Michael DoyleJust south Of Desolation BoulevardOn the wrong side Of those rusted tracksIs a place we knowWhere the kids all goAnd the traffic’s slowWhere hearts beat forever Than the speed of lightOn the … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Knowing Trees, I Understand the Meaning of Patience. Knowing Grass, I Can Appreciate Persistence

“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.” -Hal Borland, author and journalist (14 May 1900-1978)

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Da Vinci’s Glow

Da Vinci’s Glowby Michael DoyleIt is said that the Master of All TradesWas a miracle worker coming up all spadesHe said that every painting is visual poetryAnd all poetry is a masterpiece verballyWhat others glimpse, the artist learns to seeIn … Continue reading

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First Principles: Freedom Can Exist Only In the Society of Knowledge

“It is favourable to liberty. Freedom can exist only in the society of knowledge. Without learning, men are incapable of knowing their rights, and where learning is confined to a few people, liberty can be neither equal nor universal.” – … Continue reading

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Transition Versus Change

Transition Versus Changeby Michael DoyleThe Lord knows that it’s hard to growThe paths taken are hard to knowIn the midst of life’s transitionsIt takes a long time to make right decisionsThat change our lives as we needWhen we find our … Continue reading

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Screaming the Dream

Screaming the Dreamby Michael DoyleWho would have believed Were my eyes deceivedCould this really beWithin any possibilityScreaming the dreamWho would have believedThe nutritional value of ice creamFactually known, not deceivedNow isn’t this something niceA glycemic index less than brown riceMaybe … Continue reading

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First Principles: He That Goes A Borrowing Goes A Sorrowing

“He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.” – Benjamin Franklin (1758)

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Thought For the Day: They Tried To Bury Us. They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds.

“They tried to bury us. They didn’t know we were seeds.” – Dinos Christianopoulos, poet (20 Mar 1931-2020) It’s interesting how people and sources are lost along the way. It seems the origins of a phrase is that it is … Continue reading

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